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call to prayer on Fridays.
[FN99] Preliminary to the call to prayer.
[FN100] A.H. 623-640.
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[FN101] A leather rug on which they make criminals kneel to be
beheaded.
[FN102] It will be seen that the stories told by the barber do
not account for the infirmities of all his brothers, as this
would imply.
[FN103] A formula of refusal.
[FN104] lit. ladder; a sort of frame, like the triangles to
which they bound criminals sentenced to be flogged.
[FN105] Dinars; 100,000 dirhems would be only five thousand
dinars and it will be seen from the sequel that El Feshar
proposed to spend half that amount upon the dowry and presents to
the tire-women alone.
[FN106] i.e. try this.
[FN107] The moon is masculine in Arabic.
[FN108] Mohammed.
[FN109] Or Hajji, pilgrim; title given to those who have made
the pilgrimage to Mecca.
[FN110] lit. the fundamentals are remembered.
[FN111] i.e. chanting the ninety-nine names of God or repeating
the words There is no god but God.
[FN112] i.e. a fair faced cup bearer.
[FN113] Generally, the floating ends of the turban. This was for
the purpose of concealment and is a common practice with the
Bedouins.
[FN114] The name Kerim means generous.
[FN115] Or perhaps cancelled.
[FN116] To simulate the customary evidence of virginity.
[FN117] Names of her waiting women.
[FN118] Of providence.
[FN119] i.e. monarch of Persia, the realm of the ancient Kisras
or Chosroes.
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[FN120] Fitneh.
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